Neutral means Innofensive and Detached
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Education 701-B10 Introduction A variety of definitions exist as regards the term “neutral.” However, few seem as pertinent to the topic at hand as the following:
-- “not taking sides in a controversy, dispute, disagreement, etc.; not inclining toward any party, view, etc.; impartial, unbiased” (neutral, 2013)
--“Not belonging to, associated with, or favouring any party or side” (neutral, 2013)
-- “Belonging to, or falling under, neither of two specified, implied, or usual categories; occupying a middle position with regard to two extremes” (neutral, 2013)
-- “Exciting no emotional response; provoking no strong reaction; innocuous, inoffensive. Displaying or containing no overt emotion; dispassionate, detached.” (neutral, 2013). It is hard to get a more distressing view of curriculum than one that is “innocuous, inoffensive,” and “dispassionate, detached” (neutral, 2013). To understand that, implies an understanding of the definitions and values of “curriculum.” “A regular course of study or training” (curriculum, 2013), is the standard definition from the Oxford English Dictionary, and it is something upon which most can agree. Any idea that any course of study or training should be innocuous, inoffensive, and dispassionate or detached is indeed a terrible thought to an educator, and to a scholar. To provide effective learning, a course of study should be engaging, exciting, passionate, and involved. An educator must teach from within her own worldview, and the scholar will learn from within his. Neutrality is not an option. A child’s first teacher is his mother, and she teaches him from the moment of conception simply by his existence. She has taught him her perspective on sexuality, on abortion, etc. While some things are instinctive; many are learned. Values promoted